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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

If you want your baby to grow up eating (and liking) healthy foods, you must start early. Often people complain of school lunch contributing to obesity even when the child frequently ate fast-food (provided by the parent) up until that time. Read the DesNews article here. The article reviews a book, The Best Home Made Baby Food on the Planet. Win a copy here.

"From their first meals to meal suggestions for toddlers, the whole focus of her book is to provide a healthy start for a baby and teaching parents how to give their children a healthy life."

There are many resources out there to help you parent in a healthy way. Homemade does not have to be difficult. If you puree wholesome foods and freeze them in small containers - even ice cube trays - they can be frozen, removed and put into plastic zipper containers and thawed in small quantities as needed. Those little single serving baby foods you buy at the store are very expensive and often not as healthy. Then there are those little containers - not exactly "green" for the planet.

Here are a few resources to help you feed your baby when the time is right (typically around 6 months of age) to supplement breastfeeding.

2 comments:

That is absolutely true.We blame the children for choosing fast food over food but habits form at a very tender age so healthy home food is what should become a habit for all children and adults too for healthier life.

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What I have learned and/or would do differently next time with childbirth and breastfeeding:

"Be way more prepared to breastfeed and breastfeed within the first hour."

"I should have researched labor a little bit more carefully."

"I really like knowing if the baby is latching on correctly. Even on my third child I like to have a nurse check the latch."

"I love breastfeeding my son. Not only do I feel like it has helped us instantly bond, but he has already gained a few ounces in his first week and has had no digestive complications...not to mention the amount of money for formula, which seems ridiculous when your body naturally provides free food. I did take a two hour nursing class before my baby was born which I found extremely helpful and assisted me in having a very successful breastfeeding experience."

"Having support and being prepared for breastfeeding is the best thing you can do. Talking to someone before I delivered was very helpful to me. I had the right tools to make it more comfortable and I was ready, knowing that it was going to be uncomfortable too!!!"

"Breastfeeding is very difficult and frustrating at times, especially when the baby is having a hard time latching, but very worth the effort."

"It was really hard the first few weeks even with preparation and education. It would have helped a lot to have a visit with a lactation consultant after my milk came in rather than in the hospital when I didn't know what problems I would have."

"In my experience as long as you keep trying to breastfeed, the baby will eventually nurse consistently."

"With my other children I got blisters and had bleeding right away that made it uncomfortable. With this pregnancy the nurse had me try the football position and it has worked really well."

I love breastfeeding and would encourage anyone to do it. Can be hard at first as the milk supply comes in and the mother is dealing with tender breasts, sore nipples and I think a lot of people just go for bottles early on because it is easier at first. If you can get through the first week or two of being uncomfortable things start working a lot easier and it's the best!

On her baby's first birthday - a mom who weaned her baby early, "No more formula to buy. Woohoo! We are now almost $200 a month richer." (if she nursed from six months to one year, that would have meant about $1800 more with the total savings being more than $3,000)

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According to the press release from the Oregon Democrat's office comes this statistic: "A recent study by the United Breastfeeding Committee found that if half of the babies in the U.S. were exclusively breastfed for six months, we would realize potential savings of up to $14 billion a year in health care costs for childhood illnesses." Furthermore, it is estimated that 900 babies in the U.S. could be saved. This is a matter of life and death.

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